Len Cariou Walks - And Now Returns

[ggersten]

Len Cariou Walks - And Now Returns #1

Posted: 3/3/20 at 2:55pm

According to page Six, Len Cariou is refusing to continue performing in Harry Townsend's Last Stand after today. The producers say they are closing the show.  There must be more to this story - but it's not like Page Six to explain anything.

Page Six Story

 

Updated On: 3/4/20 at 02:55 PM

[binau]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#2

Posted: 3/3/20 at 3:32pm

Wow

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[joevitus]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#3

Posted: 3/3/20 at 3:35pm

ggersten said: "According to page Six, Len Cariou is refusing to continue performing in Harry Townsend's Last Stand after today. The producers say they are closing the show. There must be more to this story - but it's not like Page Six to explain anything.

Page Six Story

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Not explain anything? "'Cariou is refusing to rehearse with a cast replacement [David Lansbury] or perform with an understudy'..They claim Cariou, 80, had a six-month contract until mid-May with 'no outs.'" 

[UncleCharlie]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#4

Posted: 3/3/20 at 3:36pm

I saw the show in January and really enjoyed it. It was great seeing Len on stage again and he and Craig were very good together.  It's sad to see the show's run end this way.

[JBroadway]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#5

Posted: 3/3/20 at 3:54pm

Why would someone like Len Cariou - a seasoned theatre professional, who has surely worked with many understudies before - have an issue with performing with an understudy? Seems very odd. I agree that there is likely more to the story.

[Pashacar]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#6

Posted: 3/4/20 at 11:00am

Another curious piece of it is that the producers are now claiming this is "costing" them a lot of money.

Anyone remotely plugged into the theater world knows this show has been heavily comped since day one, and continues to be. It's fascinating that it ever extended, let alone this long. So there's got to be more on the financial side as well.

[MimiJudith]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#7

Posted: 3/4/20 at 12:53pm

I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that the understudy is David Lansbury, the nephew of Angela Lansbury.

[Wildcard]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#8

Posted: 3/4/20 at 12:54pm

Len Cariou rejoins show (link)

[Jarethan]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#9

Posted: 3/4/20 at 4:39pm

MimiJudith said: "I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that the understudy is David Lansbury, the nephew of Angela Lansbury."

I thought your comment made sense, e.g., maybe some form of loyalty to an old friend by being nicety a relative.  Then I read the article posted by Wildcard, and that blew up your premise.  Lansbury is the person he initially refused to work with.  So, did he feel loyalty the actual understudy or something else??

 

[mikey2573]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#10

Posted: 3/4/20 at 4:55pm

Something tells me this was probably the best thing to happen to this play publicity-wise.  

[bk]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#11

Posted: 3/4/20 at 6:06pm

And the press release headline is the height of hilarity: CARIOU AND LANSBURY - clever those people.

 

[FatedDarling]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#12

Posted: 3/4/20 at 6:21pm

bk said: "And the press release headline is the height of hilarity: CARIOU AND LANSBURY - clever those people.

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Best possible way they could have phrased this! And it’s not even untrue

[MimiJudith]

Len Cariou Walks - Show Closes Early#13

Posted: 3/4/20 at 9:08pm

I know that David Lansbury is the understudy. I was referring to the fact that this could mean there was some unknown animosity between Cariou and Angela Lansbury.